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IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Clustering servers for high availability and failover
You can provide failover and load balancing in your deployment by creating a cluster of multiple IBM® Sametime® servers of the same type. All Sametime servers can be clustered except for the Sametime System Console, and the Video MCU and TURN Server components of the Sametime Media Manager.
Clustering Base Meeting Servers
A cluster of Sametime® servers requires a minimum of two nodes, a primary node and a secondary node, and at least one WebSphere® proxy server to handle routing and caching tasks. To reduce the resource load on product nodes and avoid port conflicts, you can choose to install a stand-alone WebSphere proxy server on a separate computer instead of using the instance that was installed on a Sametime node. If you plan to have both the WebSphere Application Server and the WebSphere proxy server on the same computer, ensure it has been properly sized to handle the multiple workloads.
Installing an additional Sametime® Meeting Server as a secondary node
Install one of more additional IBM® Sametime® Base Meeting Servers as a secondary node in your Meeting Server cluster. While installing the additional Base Meeting Server as a secondary node, use the Secondary Node profile in the Guided Activity.

Installing an additional Sametime Meeting Server as a secondary node

Install one of more additional IBM® Sametime® Base Meeting Servers as a secondary node in your Meeting Server cluster. While installing the additional Base Meeting Server as a secondary node, use the Secondary Node profile in the Guided Activity.

About this task

The procedure for installing the additional Meeting Server as a secondary node is almost identical to the procedure for installing the Meeting Server primary node, except that you choose the Secondary Node option in the Guided Activity.

Procedure

Complete this procedure to install one or more Base Meeting Servers as secondary nodes Guided Activity: Install Sametime Meeting Server.